{"id":627574,"date":"2023-04-09T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/crushed-matthews-driven-by-wanting-to-win-again\/"},"modified":"2023-04-09T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T17:05:00","slug":"crushed-matthews-driven-by-wanting-to-win-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/09\/crushed-matthews-driven-by-wanting-to-win-again\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCrushed\u201d: Matthews driven by wanting to win again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the third episode of the PTO Documentary \u201cCrushed: The Kat Matthews story,\u201d Matthews ponders how she didn\u2019t die at the scene of the road traffic accident in Texas last September. The positivity in this episode sheds light on a remarkable return that took her to the podium at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can watch episode three, on YouTube, via the embed below.<\/p>\n

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It could have been so different<\/h2>\n

In a powerful sequence, Matthews ponders: \u201cI don\u2019t understand how I don\u2019t have a brain injury. I don\u2019t understand how my neck didn\u2019t break, and I don\u2019t understand how I didn\u2019t die at the scene, because of the amount of trauma, the amount of force, it doesn\u2019t make any sense to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she\u2019d rather be concerned with whether she\u2019s pushed too hard in training, Matthews is still worried about ongoing pain: \u201cI wonder if I will I ever wake up again and my back doesn\u2019t hurt\u2026 will I ever just have a healthy back again. Nobody really knows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lesser accidents kill people<\/h2>\n

Maureen Gibbons, an Emergency Trained Physician speaks about the night Matthews was admitted to hospital. \u201cI\u2019ve seen lesser accidents kill people and I\u2019ve seen worse incidents not. It could have been a very different day for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gibbons highlights some of the challenges ahead: \u201cIt can take up to a year for the tissues to remodel. Because she\u2019s going to train so hard anyway, she\u2019s going to have issues\u2026 she\u2019ll be stronger for it, I bet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Potential to rival the greats<\/h2>\n

Having also been hit by a car leading into Kona in 2017, Tim Don gives his take on Matthew\u2019s return. The former IRONMAN world record holder said: \u201cThe beauty with Kat is that she\u2019s young enough. The worst thing she can do is too much, too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wants to be remembered as someone who has podiumed at Kona. She\u2019s got to believe that can still happen. She could win Kona five times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stability<\/h2>\n

Husband Mark Matthews reveals that she may never fully recover but explains how his own career choice to leave the Army will help provide a foundation, a stable base in Loughborough instead of being \u2018on the hoof\u2019. He says: \u201cWith me leaving the Army I think this is the first year she\u2019s been able to train how she should be training.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s so resilient. If she had to finish an ironman tomorrow, she\u2019d do it sub 9.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also attracted new sponsors, including Canyon, who explain their drive to work with \u2018people who are successful\u2019. Something Kat Matthews has gained yet more confidence from: \u201cThey know what I\u2019ve been through and they\u2019re still backing me to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Good enough to win again<\/h2>\n

If self believe is a foundation for success, you will be hard pressed not to believe that Kat Matthews will be back on top of the podium very soon. \u201cI don\u2019t think it really crossed my mind that I wouldn\u2019t get back to pro triathlon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I was good enough to win last year and I didn\u2019t get the chance to show it and now I want to be good enough to win again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch Part 2:\u00a0https:\/\/www.tri247.com\/triathlon-news\/elite\/pto-documentary-crushed-kat-matthews-episode-two<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch Part 1:\u00a0https:\/\/www.tri247.com\/triathlon-news\/elite\/kat-matthews-crushed-documentary-episode-one<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the third episode of the PTO Documentary \u201cCrushed: The Kat Matthews story,\u201d Matthews ponders how she didn\u2019t die at the scene of the road traffic accident in Texas last September. The positivity in this episode sheds light on a remarkable return that took her to the podium at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside.\u00a0 You can watch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":627575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25953,534,2556],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-627574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crushed","8":"category-financial","9":"category-matthews"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}